Roberta Blackman-Woods

Roberta Blackman-Woods (16 August 1957-) was the Labour Party MP for City of Durham from 5 May 2005 to 6 November 2019, succeeding Gerry Steinberg and preceding Mary Foy.

Biography
Roberta Blackman-Woods was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1957, and she worked as a welfare rights officer for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council before entering politics with the Labour Party. She served as MP for City of Durham from 2005 to 2019, when she stepped down.